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*The title is a pun on the phrase "Whiz Kids." | *The title is a pun on the phrase "Whiz Kids." | ||
| − | *[[w:Harry_Potter|Harry Potter]] - Hogwarts School and various characters and themes from the Harry Potter books, parodied throughout the third segment. | + | *[[w:Harry_Potter|Harry Potter]] - Hogwarts School and various characters and themes from the Harry Potter books, parodied throughout the third segment. Harry himself appears in [[Mrs. Krabappel]]'s classroom, chewing brimstone and blowing fire after she accuses him of having gum. |
*When [[Nelson]] makes [[Milhouse]] zap himself, his third transformation resembles [[w:Mr._T|Mr. T]]. | *When [[Nelson]] makes [[Milhouse]] zap himself, his third transformation resembles [[w:Mr._T|Mr. T]]. | ||
*[[w:Led_Zeppelin|Led Zeppelin]] - The band's name is punned when [[Lisa]] uses a spell on [[Bart]] called "Head Zeppelin," which turns Bart's head into a [[w:Zeppelin|Zeppelin]]. | *[[w:Led_Zeppelin|Led Zeppelin]] - The band's name is punned when [[Lisa]] uses a spell on [[Bart]] called "Head Zeppelin," which turns Bart's head into a [[w:Zeppelin|Zeppelin]]. | ||
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*Montymort says that Lisa has "more wicked witchery than [[w:Stevie_Nicks|Stevie Nicks]]." | *Montymort says that Lisa has "more wicked witchery than [[w:Stevie_Nicks|Stevie Nicks]]." | ||
| + | *[[wikipedia:Soylent_Green|''Soylent Green'']] - [[Principal Skinner]] makes a joke about [[Lisa]] having made the refreshments out of dead people. | ||
*[[wikipedia:Jurassic_Park_(film)|''Jurassic Park'']] - The dragon's roar sounds like the T-Rex in the ''Jurassic Park'' movies. | *[[wikipedia:Jurassic_Park_(film)|''Jurassic Park'']] - The dragon's roar sounds like the T-Rex in the ''Jurassic Park'' movies. | ||
*''[[w:Mork_and_Mindy|Mork and Mindy]]'' - Bart exclaims "Shazbut." | *''[[w:Mork_and_Mindy|Mork and Mindy]]'' - Bart exclaims "Shazbut." | ||
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Trivia
- This is the second Treehouse of Horror episode not to have the credits littered with "scary names". The others are I and XIII.
- This is the last Treehouse of Horror episode to have the name Halloween Special.
- The "Burns family corpses" in the opening sequence are as follows (from left to right as seen on-screen):
- A man's body that somewhat resembles General Douglas MacArthur as it's wearing an Army uniform and has a pipe and sunglasses like MacArthur's; however, it's a three-star general and MacArthur was a five-star. The body has a tomahawk stuck in its chest.
- A man's body dressed as a pirate. It has a patch over its left eye and a cutlass stuck in its right eye socket.
- A woman's body, dressed as a burlesque dancer, with three bullet holes in its forehead.
- A man's body wearing a suit of armor with a pitchfork stuck through the helmet's eye slits.
- The voice of the Salesbot in "House of Whacks" is very similar to Gil's.
- One of the items the Ultrahouse attacks Homer with is the electric hammer Homer invented in The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace.
- In "Wiz Kids," Montymort's "wailing wall" features Krusty the Clown, Maude Flanders,Comic Book Guy, Snake Jailbird, Bleeding Gums Murphy, Rainier Wolfcastle, Kent Brockman, Mr. Largo, Patty Bouvier, Blue-Haired Lawyer, Uter Zorker, Old Jewish Man, and possibly Frank Grimes.
Spells Used in "Wiz Kids"
| Caster | Incantation | Result |
|---|---|---|
| "Abraca-dairy!" | A pitcher filled with milk appears and pours its contents onto Bart's cereal. | |
| Lisa | "Five minutes more-ious!" | Time turns back five minutes, prompting Marge to object: "That's not good for the clock." |
| Nelson | "Stop zapping yourself!" | Nelson grabs Milhouse's wand and touches it to his head. Milhouse's head succesively turns into a banana, an ostrich head, and Mr. T's head. |
| Milhouse | "Slimy Prince Limey!" | Milhouse's toad turns into a drunken loutish prince which hits on Mrs. Krabappel. |
| Lisa | "Hocus-croakus!" | Lisa's toad turns into a handsome prince, whom Mrs. Krabappel hits on. |
| Bart | "Abraca ... turn into a prince guy?" | Bart's toad turns into a hideous toad-prince creature, which constantly vomits and asks Bart to kill him. |
| Lisa | "Head Zeppelin!" | Bart's head turns into a Zeppelin and he floats toward the classroom ceiling. |
| Milhouse | None (The Invisibility Cloak) | Milhouse is supposed to turn invisible, but instead his clothes disappear, leaving him standing naked on the stage at the Magic Recital. |
| Principal Skinner | None (Amnesia Dust) | Skinner uses the Amnesia Dust twice at the Magic Recital: 1) To make the audience forget Milhouse's performance, and 2) To make the audience forget a bad joke he tells. |
| Lisa | "Alakazai-dragonfly!" | Nothing happens. The spell is presumably supposed to allow Lisa to take control of a dragon, but Bart stole her wand and left a black Twizzler in its place. The dragon reveals itself to be Lord Montymort in disguise and grabs Lisa. |
| Bart | "Prank be undone! Destroy the evil one!" | Bart casts the spell with Lisa's wand, trying to save her by attacking Montymort, but instead he zaps himself. |
Cultural References
Hex and the City
- Sex and the City - Punned in the title. A Hex is a curse.
- ATMs - The sign in the Gypsy's shop window says "Fortune Teller. After Hours Use Automated Teller."
- Homer lures the Leprechaun using Lucky Charms cereal, the mascot of which is a Leprechaun.
- Homer accidentally pours Trix cereal into the hole first, attracting rabbits (The Trix mascot is a rabbit).
- Bongo, the one-eared rabbit from Life in Hell, is the last rabbit to jump in.
- One of the creatures lured into the trap by the Lucky Charms is Katie Couric.
- Yoda from Star Wars is the priest at the Leprechaun/Gypsy wedding. He says, "Husband and wife I pronounce you now."
House of Whacks
- House of Wax - Punned in the title.
- The Mafia - "Whacking" someone is Mafia slang for killing them.
- Demon Seed - The film and characters are parodied, especially Susan Harris and the Proteus IV computer.
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- The Ultrahouse camera eyes resemble the HAL 9000 computer.
- The Ultrahouse suggests that Marge take a stress pill. HAL 9000 makes the same suggestion to astronaut David Bowman in 2001.
- Homer disables the Ultrahouse by removing the circuit boards from its CPU, and while he does so, the Ultrahouse's voice becomes less sophisticated, then slow and garbled, and finally stops. The same thing happens to HAL 9000 at the hands of David Bowman.
- Friends - When the Simpsons test the Matthew Perry voice for the Ultrahouse, it says "Uh, yeah, could I be any more of a house," a reference to Chandler's usual attitude.
- Another voice option for the house is Dennis Miller. Marge and Lisa suggest that this voice caused murder-suicides.
- When Bart suggests "007's" voice for the Ultrahouse (referring to Pierce Brosnan being the 5th Bond actor), Marge thinks of George Lazenby (the 2nd Bond).
- Marge recalls that Pierce played the lead in Remington Steele, which the Ultrahouse confirms the first time it speaks with Pierce's voice.
- Bad Taste - Homer is presumed to have been murdered by the Ultrahouse, but is revealed as having survived when he emerges from the floor. The family discovers that the back of his head is missing, revealing his brain. In Bad Taste, Derek falls off a cliff, presumably to his death, only to wake up later and notice that a piece from the back of his head is missing, also revealing his brain.
Wiz Kids
- The title is a pun on the phrase "Whiz Kids."
- Harry Potter - Hogwarts School and various characters and themes from the Harry Potter books, parodied throughout the third segment. Harry himself appears in Mrs. Krabappel's classroom, chewing brimstone and blowing fire after she accuses him of having gum.
- When Nelson makes Milhouse zap himself, his third transformation resembles Mr. T.
- Led Zeppelin - The band's name is punned when Lisa uses a spell on Bart called "Head Zeppelin," which turns Bart's head into a Zeppelin.
- Bart enters Montymort's lair via the school bathrooms, the same way that the Chamber of Secrets is accessed in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
- Montymort's "wailing wall" is a reference to the Wailing Wall (also called the Western Wall), a remnant of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem.
- Montymort says that Lisa has "more wicked witchery than Stevie Nicks."
- Soylent Green - Principal Skinner makes a joke about Lisa having made the refreshments out of dead people.
- Jurassic Park - The dragon's roar sounds like the T-Rex in the Jurassic Park movies.
- Mork and Mindy - Bart exclaims "Shazbut."
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors - the scene where Slithers eats Lord Montymort's body parallels the scene where a girl is almost eaten by a Freddy Krueger snake.
